Fence



(No Model.)- J. E. PHILLIPS.

FENCE. No. 517,659. Patented Apr.'3, 1894.

WITNESSES m ATTORNEY:

Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in thev UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

" Jenn E. PHILLIPS, or SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

' FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,659, dated April 3, 1894.

' Application filed November 29, 1893- I Seria1No.4 2, (N modL) 1'0 all whom it may concerm Be itknown that 1, JOHN E. PHILLIPS, of

' State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full,'clear, and exact description. r v

The object-of this invention is to construct 'a simple and inexpensive straight fence of rails which shall be portable as well as stationary and have the rails'so tied to their supporting posts by Wires embracing said parts as to form a structure which is readily erected without the necessity of setting posts in the ground, and thoroughly braced in its erect position, and. also support the rails without bringing them in contact with each other and thus obvlateforming pocketsbetween the rails for collection of water which causes the rails to decay. And to that end the invention consists-in the novel combination of braces, posts and 'rails tied together by Wire I and forming a rigid supportfor. the fence as a my invention specially pertains. Said suphereinafter'fully described and specifically set forth in theclaims. I p v The invention is .fully illustrated'in thean-f nexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevatlon of a section of fence embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse,

section'on line 'X-.-X--'in Fig. 1, and Figs;

3 aud t are detaohed-viewsof the wire loopsport I form of twooblique braces 'b-b+ set in vertical planes and at such angles as. to cause them to cross each other near their upper ends as shown in Fig. 2 of. the drawings.

To maintain said braces .in their described posltions, I place the ends of the upper rails.

cc--of thetwo adjacent panels in the outerangles of the crossing portions of the braces and tie them to the braces bya wireloop dwhich embraces said rails and draws the same'into the aforesaidangles. Between theserailsl insert the upper end portion of the same to the braces.

these angles I insert theends of the rails e -eand fasten them therein .by means of a Wire -fformed into loops Z-Z'-.-

whichfembrace respectively the upper rails erably twist the wire between the loops so as j Y tocause the pendent portions of the wire to cross'each other as shown at -0-- and thus 1 causethe loops to obtain a tighter hold on the rails. By inserting a suitable lever into another loop nin the wire and turning the lever so as to twist said loop, the wiref is' caused to firmly draw the lower rails --e-e up into the crotches between the post and braces.- In this manner I form a rigid structure which is thoroughly tied and braced, and at the same time support the rails I without bringing the overlapping ends in c0ntact with each other. 7 The loop -n' may also be employed toembrace the post and tie The lower rails jmay be attached to the post -,a,- in

any suitable mannenand if desired the height of the fencecan be increased by placing additional, rails r r; in the crotches above the'crossing of the braces -b-b as indicated by-dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the draw- Q ings. Neither the post nor the braces need to be set into the ground, and the fence can 9 be shifted into difierent lines or adjusted to its required fence. I

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a stake and rider fence, the rail-supportoonsisting of oblique braces set in vertical planes and crossing each other near their between the feet of the braces and extending above the point of their crossing, rails of two adjacent panels resting'respe'ctively in the outer angles of "the crossing portion of the line without taking down the I upper ends,*an upright stake or post erected braces, rails of said panels havingtheirends in thev crotches' beneath the crossing of the braces, and wires wound around the upper rails and tying and supporting the same on the braces and extending around the lower rails and supporting the same, each pair of said rails being separated from each other by the post passing between them as set forth.

latter, and the wire f--- formed into loops --ZZ' embracing respectively the upper 15 rails c-cand lower rails -e--eand drawing the latter tightly into the crotches between the post and braces at opposite sides thereof substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto signed 20 my name this 15th day of November, 1893.

JOHN E. PHILLIPS. [1 s.]

Witnesses:

J OHN J. LAASS,

C. L. BENDIXON. 

